archytele The Vault

Carmen Miranda

Acting Born Feb 9, 1909 Marco de Canaveses, Portugal 24 credits

Biography

Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha GOIH • OMC (Marco de Canaveses, February 9, 1909 – Beverly Hills, August 5, 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress who attained fame in Brazil and the US in the 1930s. Best known to American audiences as "the lady in the tutti-frutti hat" due to her signature headdresses made of fruits, she was the first South American honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Ask the Vault

Ask anything about Carmen Miranda.

Full filmography

  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
  • Legends (2006) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Jimmy Durante Show (1954) as Self
  • Greenwich Village (1944) as Princess Querida O'Toole
  • That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Gang's All Here (1943) as Dorita
  • A Date with Judy (1948) as Rosita Cochellas
  • That's Entertainment! III (1994) as (archive footage)
  • Copacabana (1947) as Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi
  • Salsa (1976) as (archive footage)
  • Aurora Miranda - A Irmã Notável de Carmen (2002)
  • Brasileiros em Hollywood (1970) as Self (archive footage)
  • Scared Stiff (1953) as Carmelita Castinha
  • Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas (2026) as Dorita (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2002)
  • That Night in Rio (1941) as Carmen
  • Estudantes (1935) as Mimi
  • It's All True (1993) as Self
  • Vito (2011) as Self (archive)
  • Down Argentine Way (1940) as Herself
  • Showbiz Goes to War (1982) as (archive footage)
  • Hooray for Hollywood (1976) as Self (archive footage)